Lantel Comms Ltd
WIFI UPGRADE PROJECT
Lantel can provide the installation of infrastructure for WIFI units or/ Wireless Access Points (WAPs) as well as the installation of the actual units themselves. We have been installing WAP units for many years, for clients nation and euro-wide. We provide the cable and containment installation, unit installation as well as offering network patching too. Our engineers will be able to tailor a design plan to help you find the right solution that suits your needs.
We have recently been involved in a huge WiFi system upgrade project for one of our clients, panning across almost twenty buildings over a nine month period.
In 2020, our client, based within the education sector together with an industry leading IT solution and management company asked us , Lantel Comms Ltd to supply them with a brand new and regenerated WiFi system across their three estates. This project would see a complete upgrade of their current system in place and supply them with a brand new Cisco 'WiFi6' system installed in almost twenty different buildings.
The project was split into two phases;
Phase One
The first phase of this project was 'New Installations'. This would see Lantel supply and install new infrastructure cabling and containment to serve new, free issued WAP units. During phase one, we installed a total number of almost three hundred brand new WAP units across all three campuses and seventeen buildings. We installed network cabling from local hub rooms to the designated positions as instructed on a carefully detailed diagram schematic provided to us.
We installed WAP units in a whole variety of different positions and locations, from high level ceiling beam structures and ceiling tiles to high level wall mounted positions. We ensured that wall mounted AP's were installed horizontally for maximum radial effect, with this in mind, we had neatly bespoke 'L' shaped wall brackets made specifically for holding the AP unit horizontally off the wall.
Before phase two could happen, we needed to patch each of the brand new AP connections to our clients network. For this, we visited each comms room affiliated with the new connections and following our clients instructions, patched each individual new AP to the network system so they could be livened up. Once the newly installed APs were live and working we could then begin the next phase of works.
Phase Two
The second phase of the project was the 'Swap Over'. This would see Lantel revisit each campus and building to swap out existing WAP units already in place and live on the network and change them over to the newly supplied Cisco 'WiFi6' models. We needed to ensure that each of the new installed APs were live working on the network before we could start to unplug and swap over the existing APs, this was due to ensuring that students and staff were not to experience any 'cutout' moments of connectivity.
Across all estates and buildings there was a total number of close to five hundred WAPs to swap over. In most cases this required a straight swap over position to position, there were some instances where units were needed to be moved to a better location for optimal efficiency, and there were many existing positions that were wall mounted WAPs, originally installed vertically on the wall to which we moved them onto our bespoke 'L' shaped wall mounting bracket.
